Let It Snow: The Makers of Deicing Fluid Are Having a Superb Winter

Jan 20, 2014
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek

“For the North America market, it’s going to be a a blistering good year,” says Gary Lydiate, chief executive of Kilfrost, one of three big players in the de-icing fluid industry, along with Dow Chemical and Clariant.

A report in the current issue of Bloomberg Businessweek relates "the blistering good year," deicing manufacturers are enjoying during this year's winter. Kilfrost has already shipped about 70 percent of the deicing fluid it expected to sell this winter, with two-thirds of the season remaining. Airlines at O’Hare have used 1.06 million gallons through Jan. 15, compared with 1.1 million gallons for all of the 2012-13 season.